Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass plans to share the award with the rest of the specialists, so it was perfect timing that he was with them in the meeting when he got the news: Bass was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for October.
“Yeah, it’s an incredible achievement. I’m super humbled, I’m honored,” Bass said Thursday. “But for me, I look at it as more of team award, especially for Reid (Ferguson) and (punter) Matt (Haack), my holder and long snapper. ‘Cause without them, we wouldn’t have even had a chance to be that.”
Over the last month, in four games, the second-year kicker was 10-of-10 on field goal attempts, including from 52 and 57 yards. Bass was 13-of-13 on extra points as well.
His abilities inspire confidence in the rest of the team.
"He's unbelievable," quarterback Josh Allen said Wednesday. "He works extremely hard. He's a guy that we can count on. He's got a lot of confidence in himself and when you got a kicker that has confidence in himself, everybody can feel it and everybody can see it. Guys can tell, he's got it."
Bass is the first Bills player to earn the honor since punter Brian Moorman did so in November 2006. Ferguson saw the news on his phone first.
“I knew we had a chance for it, but we just didn’t know for sure,” Bass said. “We all clapped and celebrated, and it was a cool moment.”
On the season, Bass is tied for second-most field goals made (16) and second-most points scored (71) in the league.
